RolStoppable said:
This is something I have been thinking about for quite a while and in light of the GDC it's about time to finally
post and share my thoughts in which direction Nintendo is heading to for the rest of this generation. Nintendo
isn't the company that is making decisions without thinking about the consequences, I don't think they were
serious about not ever be willing to unveil the specs of the Wii (see Iwata's comment I posted in this thread). And that's why I think that Nintendo will confirm that the Wii is capable of higher resolutions than 480p. Now whoever thinks that this alone wouldn't be a big enough announcement to rule the GDC, is right. It certainly takes a little more than that to catch the attention of the gaming industry. What could the megaton be?
It will be the complete revelation of the Wii's hardware specs and the shock that the Wii is nearly as powerful
as the 360/PS3. With this in mind many of the big 3rd party games only in development for the HD consoles,
such as Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto IV and Soul Calibur IV, can now easily be ported to the Wii. This just
has to send out a clear message to 3rd party publishers that Nintendo wants to have hardcore games. Also,
to show that Nintendo is very serious about all of this, they will have some tech demos ready. No excuses to
blame Nintendo for weak hardware anymore. No cheap excuses for a hardcore gamer anymore, to not do
himself the favor and get a Wii to complement his HD console(s).
Or am I getting too excited about this? Let's not forget, Nintendo has a long history of surprising us, with the
Wii being no exception. They haven't revealed everything yet. You can't be serious, if you really think that Wii
Fit and Mario Kart Wii are the last big things that Nintendo has up their sleeves. |
And the third-party developers have been oblivious to this the whole time?
Come on, they're not idiots
